EXT. ISS - OUTER SPACE - STARRY

A spinning Earth. Stars shine on darkness. PLASMA WAVE SOUNDS: LASER SOUNDS.

Two astronauts work on the outside of the base of the International Space Station. A woman and a man. They float in space. Long braided cords are attached to the back of their suits: connecting them to the base. The two reposition cables and metal siding of the station. A camera is attached to the side of it. RECORDING a live feed. Only one side of the shuttle is shown. The right side.

The astronauts hop around, one side to the other; OPERATING on metal. Their white helmets reflective and shiny.

VOICE INSIDE HELMET:

COMMANDER
Process?

ASTRONAUT - MAN
Nearly done with the E.V.A.

CLANG.

A piece of metal breaks off of the station and flies away slowly, like a boomerang, into the distance.

ASTRONAUT - MAN (COND'T)
Damn it.

ASTRONAUT - WOMAN
(hovers forward)
I'll try to get it, reel me back in after?

ASTRONAUT - MAN
(laughs)
I wish you luck with that, missy.

ASTRONAUT - WOMAN
(faces him)
Why, you don't think I can get it?

ASTRONAUT - MAN
Tell you what...If you can
I'll give you a ration of my food.

ASTRONAUT - WOMAN
Chocolate pudding. Deal.

COMMANDER
Do not attempt recovering the item, continue with the E.V.A.

The woman ignores this order and hops on after the piece of metal: that's close to a mile away, spinning like a super fast boomerang. Her attached cable REEL MECHANICALLY, quickly, as she makes distance. She slowly travels about ten feet. Her hands stretch, and she leans herself forward, to build up speed. Holding the position. Toppling over as if she's flipping. GRUNTING. Her cord length ends, SNAPPING, stopping her progress. She GRIPS the rope and kicks herself upright. Floating slowly. The astronaut HUFFS. FOGGING up a patch of her helmet's glass.

The stars around her, blink out one by one, subtilely, then drastically by hundreds. Blacking out most of the light around. Her helmet goes dark as she raises her head to look up.

A humongous object covers the surroundings ahead of her. Uncloaking like a hologram, pixelating into visibility. Showing a metal, circular mothership.

BUZZING.

The woman's cord is ROPPED back in fast. She spins in a 360 pattern. GRUNTING.

ASTRONAUT - MAN
OH MY GOD, WHAT IS THAT!!

LIVE FEED CAMERA VIEW: The mothership is completely visible in the distance of the recording, it begins to glow white around the edges.

ASTRONAUT - MAN (COND'T)
Base, are you seeing this?!

INT. NASA - MAIN BASE - WASHINGTON D.C - LIGHT

NASA computer base room. Packed. Everyone inside eyes the scene that's happening in space, on one of the many big screens on a wall. A woman raises a hand up quickly. This is the Commander.

COMMANDER
Cut the damn feed, now!

INT. VARIOUS HOUSES - MORNING - SECONDS LATER

MONTAGE #1: An old man leans in closer to a TV; fixing his glasses.

MONTAGE #2: Five teenagers watch the NASA station with their father, on a flatscreen TV. Book-bags on their arms. A piece of gum DROPS from one of their mouths.

MONTAGE #3: A mother holds two CRYING babies in her arms, distracted by the scene on TV. In a daze like state. On the TV...the feed CUTS to a still frame, NASA broadcast screen.

EXT. ISS - OUTER SPACE - DARK - SECONDS LATER

The ufo moves forward, WHIZZING the woman towards it with a heavy FORCE, RIPPLING the air. The woman quickly rushes towards it, as if vacuumed. SCREAMING. Her body ABSORBS into darkness. Going invisible. The cord that was attached to her suit, BURNS. WHIZZING limply in space.

The man astronaut's cord BURNS too. He CLUTCHES onto the space station and LATCHS his hands and body to it to fight the ufo's MAGNETIC SUCTION. The air RIPPLES. He CLIMBS to a door of the shuttle and BANGS on it, FIGHTING the GRAVITY that LIFTS him up and towards the ufo. He squeezes his eyes shut.

ASTRONAUT ONE
There's a fucking ufo out here! HELPP!!!

VOICE INSIDE HELMET:

COMMANDER
That door will remain closed!

OTHER ASTRONAUT
We just can't sit here and not help!

COMMANDER
That's a goddamn order!

The GRAVITATIONAL PULL of the ufo ENDS. DEAD SILENCE takes over.

ASTRONAUT - MAN
(breathless)
Help...

COMMANDER
Do you have eyes on it?

ASTRONAUT - MAN
(weakly)
I feel it behind me.
(shivers profoundly)
I know it's there...OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!

His hands BANG the door. BANG. BANG. BAAANNNGGG!!!

COMMANDER
GIVE A VISUAL!

ASTRONAUT - MAN
What the fuck?!

His eyes shift to the side, afraid, as he PRESSES a button on the side of the helmet. HYPERVENTILATING. His helmet FOGGING up.

HELMET BACK VIEW: The mothership is still in the distance. Silent. Unmoving.

STATIC interferes with the astronaut's helmet. He JERKS. SQUIRMING his body in agony. A slow wave GUSHES across him, POUNDING him and the material of his suit. POUNDING. CLANG. His hand pulls at the latch on the door of the shuttle. Still locked. POUNDING. HUMMING comes from close behind him...inches away. The astronaut SPINS around fast. Darkness covers his face.

VOICE INSIDE HELMET:

COMMANDER
(static)
Don't make any sudden movements.

INT. NASA - MAIN BASE - LIGHT - MOMENTS AFTER

In the NASA computer room base, the feed shows on the screen.

HELMET VIEW: The mothership, at an almost face to face angle. Unnerving.

The Commander places a hand to her mouth. Everyone in the room GASP.

ASTRONAUT ONE
(staticky/sadly)
Tell my family...t-t-t-tell them...I lo-lo-love them, please?

EXT. ISS - SPACE - DARK - SECONDS LATER

The astronaut BOOSTS hisself away from the space station, pressing his weight forward. HYPERVENTILATING. Floating away to the side of it. Gravity changes. DUMMMM. The station beside him ROARS METALLICALLY as it falls straight down into the pits of space. The astronaut falls with it, GRIPPING at the empty air.

His suit RIPS. A hole TEARS on the side of it as he falls below. He covers the hole with his hands, which creepily CRYSTALIZE into ice before his eyes. Fast. He SCREAMS as his body descends.

ASTRONAUT - MAN
(staticky)
NOOO! HELP MEEE?!!

He KICKS and FLIPS, traveling down into darkness. The hole in his suit widens; SPLITTING. RIPPING.

ASTRONAUT - MAN (CONT'D)
(staticky)
AHHHH!!!

Finally, he slumps unconscious and is engulfed into the bottom pit of space. Fading below into the depths until he just a dot...then nothing.

The ufo RUMS, before EXPANDING around Earth like the rings of Saturn.

Black and threatening.

INT. NASA - MAIN BASE - LIGHT - SECONDS LATER

The commander watches the figure wrap the whole planet. The workers within the computer room, stare. Frightened. Some CRYING.

COMMANDER
(shaky)
The president...call the president...now.

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